A Ukrainian comic opera with spoken dialogue in three acts with music and libretto by the composer Semen Hulak-Artemovsky (1813–1873). The orchestration has subsequently been rewritten by composers such as Reinhold Glière and Heorhiy Maiboroda. This is one of the best-known Ukrainian comic operas depicting national themes.

• Dovzhenko Film Studios
• Ivan Patorzhynsky
• Maria Lytvynenko-Volhemut
• Yelizaveta Chavdar
• Mykola Shelyushko
• Mykhailo Hryshko
• Ivan Kuchenko
• Volodymyr Matveyev